Emma Rackstraw

Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, MIT

Emma Rackstraw was a Research Economist at the Council of Economic Advisers. She has now joined the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab at MIT, where she is working on North American antipoverty program evaluation. Her research areas include labour, education, and poverty policy. She graduated magna cum laude from Wellesley College with honors in International Relations-Economics. Her undergraduate thesis received the Natalie Bolton Faculty Prize in International Economics.